diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListZonesByCmd.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListZonesByCmd.java
index e0d1a4086ab..ebba4d5bb4e 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListZonesByCmd.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/commands/ListZonesByCmd.java
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ public class ListZonesByCmd extends BaseListCmd {
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     //////////////// API parameters /////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.ID, type=CommandType.LONG, description="the ID of the zone")
+    private Long id;
 
     @Parameter(name=ApiConstants.AVAILABLE, type=CommandType.BOOLEAN, description="true if you want to retrieve all available Zones. False if you only want to return the Zones from which you have at least one VM. Default is false.")
     private Boolean available;
@@ -56,6 +58,10 @@ public class ListZonesByCmd extends BaseListCmd {
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
     /////////////////// Accessors ///////////////////////
     /////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+    
+    public Long getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
 
     public Boolean isAvailable() {
         return available;
diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
index d3f60472463..9af932208bc 100755
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/server/ManagementServerImpl.java
@@ -1328,6 +1328,7 @@ public class ManagementServerImpl implements ManagementServer {
         Account account = UserContext.current().getAccount();    	
         List<DataCenterVO> dcs = null;
     	Long domainId = cmd.getDomainId();
+    	Long id = cmd.getId();
     	if(domainId != null){
     		//for domainId != null
     		//right now, we made the decision to only list zones associated with this domain
@@ -1404,7 +1405,17 @@ public class ManagementServerImpl implements ManagementServer {
                 }
             }
         }
-
+        
+        if (id != null) {
+            for (DataCenterVO zone : dcs) {
+                List<DataCenterVO> singleZone = new ArrayList<DataCenterVO>();
+                if (zone.getId() == id) {
+                    singleZone.add(zone);
+                }
+                return singleZone;
+            }
+        } 
+        
         return dcs;
     }